Hyacinth (Bichurin)

Hyacinth
Иакинф
Portrait by Nikolay Bestuzhev, 1830s
Born(1777-08-29)August 29, 1777
Akulevo, Tsivilsky Uyezd, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedMay 11, 1853(1853-05-11) (aged 75)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin (Russian: Никита Яковлевич Бичурин; 9 September [O.S. 29 August] 1777 – 23 May [O.S. 11 May] 1853), better known under his archimandrite monastic name Hyacinth, sometimes known as Joacinth or Iakinf, was one of the founding fathers of Russian Sinology. He translated many works from Chinese into Russian, which were then translated into other European languages.

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